Bottle-cleaning machine.



No. 813,100. PATENTED FEB. zo, 1906.4

c; H. LoEw.

BOTTLE CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION rILzn mums, 190s.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906.

G. E. LOEW. BOTTLE CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB-23, 1903.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

mmin Illllllllllllul PATEN-TEN EEB. 2o, 1906.

I c. E. LoEw. BOTTLE CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MARES, 1903.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

PATE-NTED FEB. 20, 1906.

C. 1I. LCLW. BCTTLI: CLEANING MACHINE.

4 sHLET-SIIBBT 4.

APPLICATION FILED 1113.23, 190s.

UNITED 'STATES AParami oF-inca CHARLES H. Louw, or CLEVELAND, omo.

BoTTLE- cLEANlNG lwm'cjl-HNE. l Q

Ne. siamo.

` fectively soaked and rinsed without intermediate handling thereof and in the most eco nomical manner.

Other objects of the invention are to pro- .vide a bottle-transferring means of simple -p and practical construction which is ada ted to receive the bottles froma conveyer w 'Ich carries them while they are being soaked and to invert them and deli-ver themo to other mechanism for further cleaning the same and to providearinsing means of simple and durable construction capable of effectively rinsing a maximum number of bottles in aminimum space of time.

To these several ends the invention oo nsists incertain novel combinations of parts and in certain peculiarities in the construction and arrangement of elements, substantially as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the subjoined claims.

In the following specification-Land the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, similiar characters of reference' designate similar parts Referringto the said drawings,'Figure I is a condensed longitudinal vertical section of the machine, showing a portion of the tank and the driving mechanism in side elevation and also showing one of the bottle-cages in sec'tion to disclose a bottle therein. Fig. II

is an end elevation of the machine in' direc'.-

tion of arrow 1 Fig. iI, with the 'guards removed. Fig. III is an enlarged detail view," partiallin section, of that portion of themachine wliere the bottles -are rinsed. Fi IV is a further enlarged vertical section 0% the stem of one of the rinsing cups, and Fig'Vis a diagrammatic view showing the preferable relative location ofA the intermediate discharge-cups and the rinsin cups.

a designates a ta'nk w h contalns the liquid in which the bottles are soaked lfor the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 28, 1903. Serial No. 149,197.

has for one of its importantl Patented Feb'. ao, 19o6.

f purpose of. loosening the foreign matter or or sterilizing purposes. It has been deemed v suicient to show 1n the accompanying drawings a form of tankwhich, considered incon- -v nection with the particular arrangement of gearing and other 'instrumentalities shown, is more especially adapted for the use of water as the soaking medium; but it will be obvious that the invention is notrestricted thereto. Within this tank a., travels a suitably-driven endless carrier or conve er `by means of which the bottles are carrie .6 5 slowly through the V soaking liquid in said tank. In the accom-g 'panying drawings I have shown awell-kn'own construction Iof ottle-conveying mechanism which is preferred for the reason'that it is esecially well adapted for use in, connection with the other instrumentalities ofthe apparatus. This mechanism comprises a pair of sprocket-chain belts g g, which are conneetedy with each other by transversely-placed plates or slats h, arranged at intervals and each provided with'a series of inwardl -extending open pockets or cages i, whic are Aada ted to receive' the bottles and automatlcally to discharge the same at the lace provided for such discharge. These c ains are carried upon and driven by sprocketwheels which are arranged invsuitable' positions.- For the particular embodiment of the invention herein shown a suitable driving and carrying mechanism for the chains gcomprises a driving-shaft b', extending across I I the tank a and provided with a air of fixed -sprockets b, a second .shaft d extending' across said tank and similarly provided with a pair of sprockets d, which ,are fixed thereon, v and a plurality of pairs of sprockets p and f and plain wheelse, which are mounted'- on.

transverselyextending shafts journale'dggin suitable -housings extending above the tank a...v The sprockets and rearward of t e vertical plane ofthe 'sprockets b and c, whereby the conveyerareA arranged -between p chains in their passage between said sprocke'ts' b and c make 'a turn which inverts the cages i and the bottles in said cages yfor the -purpose of permitting the liquid in said bottles to drain back into the tank. Each IIJO sprocket f is preferably doublethat is to I i' say, each has a pair of sets of teeth, of which' the, inner lset en ages .the 'contiguous con-- veyer-chain g, w 'le the outer set of teeth are for a purpose which will'v hereinafter appear. After the bottles have been carried through-the soaking liquid they are subjected to a further cleaning operation, and they are automatically transferred from the conveyer to the means for subjecting them to such further cleaning operation by a rotative bottle transferring and reversing means which comprises a series of bottle cups or receptacles m, which are adapted to receive the bottles discharged base downward from the conveyer and to deliver said bottles neck downward to said means for further cleaning the same. Said reversing means is preferably of wheel-like form and fixed upon arotatable shaft 7c and by its rotative movement inverts the bottles.. Its cups or receptacles fm, are arranged in a series of transverse rows on the periphery of a cylinder Z, which is fixed to said shaft 7c', and the number and relative Aposition of said cups or receptacles in each row agree with the number and relative position of the bottle pockets or cages 'i on each plate 7a, of the endless conveying mechanism. Thus a row of said cupsor receptacles registers with a row `of said pockets or cages at the place of discharge from the latter.

The means shown in the accompanying drawings for cleaning the bottles after they have been soaked comprises ai rinsing-wheel which is mounted to rotate on a fluid-discharge pipe P, which.: has communication with a source of supply of rinsin iiuid under pressure and is provided with a ischarge-aperture p', and said wheel comprises-a hub n, having hollow stems or tubes o', which radiate'therefrom and are provided with cups orrece tacles o,l which engage the bottles. Sai stems or tubes have open inner ends to provide inletapertures thereto, and in operation the said inlet-apertures of the rows of stems or tubes are successively brought into registration with said discharge-aperture p to admit the rinsin viuid to the interior of said stems, from w ence said fluid flows to the bottles, and then by the continued movement of the wheel said inlet-apertures are'earried -out of re istration with said .dischargea erture p', t us automatically cutting'oif t e supply of fluid to said stems until the latter have been a ain registered with said aprerture to admit uid to another series of bottles, which meanwhile have taken the place of the former series in the cups o. The discharge-aperture p is preferabl of such Asize as to register-simultaneously with a plurality of rows of stems Ao as indicated in Fig. 2. In practice the number of cups o in each row corresponds with the number of cages or pockets 'i on each of the plates. Some advantages are derived from the projection of the rinsing Huid into the interiors of the bottles by means of fluid-discharge stems which during the rinsing Aoperation move into the bottles engaged with the cups or receptacles o and at the end of said operation are retract-l ed from within said bottles and which accomplish their reciprocations under the control of the movement of the rinsing-wheel or under the control of the pressure of the. rinsing fluid, which in turn is shown as controlled by said movement of the wheel, and the rinsing- Wheel herein shown contains such stems, (designated by the reference characters o4.) Each is mounted in a tube or stem o and comprises a rod which is hollow and has at its inner end a head or piston o3, provided with an opening, so as to not interfere with the flow of rinsin Huid into said stem o4. Each stem o4 exten s through a fixed plug o2,which 8o uides, it in its reciprocations, and in theJ form erein shown there is mounted on said stem between said plu and head a spring o5, which actsto retract te stem when the ressure which advanced it ceases. Each of t e tubes or stems o -has a vent-'opening 'n3 near its inner terminal for the exit of the water during retraction of the stem o4. l

In the particular arran ement of the4 instrumentalities shown in t e accompanying drawings the bottle reversing and transferrin mechanism delivers the bottles from the 'en ess carrier to said lrinsing-Wheel and said Y rinsing-wheel carries the bottles during the rinsing operation, its cu-ps or receptacles c being adapted to constitute such carriers.4 Said cups or receptacles o are in the form of open pockets.

. In the particular embodiment of the invention herein shown the rinsing-wheel and the 10o bottle transferring and reversing wheel are driven by means of a pair of chain belts q which engage sprocket-wheels'l2 and 11,2,whic

are respectively connected with the cylinder l Land hub n, and said chain belts also en age '105 the outer sets of teeth of the double sproc ets f f, hereinbefore referred to.

Having now described in'detail one form of construction of my improved machine, I will proceed to eirr-Hlain the operation thereof. 11ocharged into corresponding cu s m on the c linder Z with the base of the Yottle down'.

hey are then carried partially around the cylinder l and are discharged with the neck downward into cups oV on the hub n. As the 12 5 inner open ends of the stems of the cups o pass over the slot p the water-pressure forces the piston o3 upward against the resistance of the s ring o5, thereby protruding the rod o4 into tlie bottle. The clean water passing through 13o the opening in the rod o4 thoroughly rinses the interior of the bottle. After the stem has passed through the arc ofthe 'opening in -the pipe .the water-pressure isV released and the resiliency ofthe spring o5 forces the piston back to its seat. The Pseveral transverse series of bottle-rece tacles on the chainbelt conveyers, the cy inder l, and the hub n are so arran -ed and the relative position of the shafts with their coperative action (the several sprocket-wheels having the same number of teeth) is such that the bottles will drop from the chain-belt conveyers'to the intermediate receptacles and from thence to the rinsing-cups uninterrupted,- suitable guards 1 and 2 and guides 3 and 4 being provided to prevent the premature discharge of ther bottles and to assure their reception by the proper cups.

The bottles after having been sprayed are removed at the point z. The amount of spra ing o r rinsing of the bottles can beregulate by the s eed of the machine or by the circumferentiallhistance of the slot in the pipe p. v l

4I have shown and described a simple means for operating the piston and spraying the interior of the bottles after they have' been discharged into the rinsing-cups; Abut I' do not wish to be confined to this particular construction, as there are various ways in which the automatic rinsing may be accomplished from the waterpressure, embodying substantially the same method of admitting and shuttin off the sup ly of water. Infact, various changes in t e detailed construction and arrangement of the p'arts of the machine may be made in practice without departing from the nature and scope of the invention.-

The present application isoneof several copendlng and interrelated applications filed by me, as follows: Serial No. 151,457, allowed July 21, 1905 Serial No. 153,058, iiled .April 17, 1903; Serial No. 198,613,led March 17, 1904, and Serial No. 215,421, filed July 5, 1904. Said applications contain subjectsmatter which are also embraced either generically or s ecifically in the present application. All c aims for subject-matter either generic or specific common to the present application and any one or more of my said copending applications have been embodied in this the earliest iil'ed of my said c opending cases. It will .be understood that my presentinvention is not restricted to the particular detail embodiment thereof hereinshown and described and that s'aid detail embodiment is merely selected to exemplify one of many suitable means for carrying the novel features of the invention into ractice and which are within the scope an spirit of the claims.

Havingthus set forth a suitable embodiment of m invention, what I believe to be new, and esire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

soaking means having a conveyer which car- Iries the bottles being soaked; a bottle-rinsing means comprising a' series of bottle-receptacles and means for admittin the rinsing liq-- uid to the interior of the botes in said receptacles; and a series of moving receptacles arran ed intermediate of the dischargelace of sai lconveyer and the first-mentioneA receptacles and adapted to receive the bottles, fromvsaid conveyer and deliver the-same to the rece tacles of the rinsing means; 2.. A ottle-cleansing apparatus comprising the following instrumentalities: a bottlesoaking mechanism provided Withbottle-conveying means; a movable rinsing mechanism having bottle-carriers; and a movable reversing means having bottle -receptacles which in one position of the movement of said means receive the bottles from said conveying means and in another position thereof de i the same to said rinsing mechanism. 3. A bottle-cleansing apparatus comprising the following instrumentalities: a bottle-v soaking mechamsm provided with an endless ing the following instrumentalities: a bottlever carrier having open pockets which receiveV thebottles in one place in the-travel thereof and automatically'discharge the same at another place in said travel; a movable reversing means' having bottle-pockets which at cles and means controlled by the rotation of said mechanism for supplying water to thel interior of the bottles in said receptacles; and

means for delivering the bottles from the bottlc-conveying means tothe receptacles of the bottle-rinsin means. ,l x

' 5. A bott e cleaning apparatus comprising the followin instrumentalities: a bottlesoaking mechanism provided with bottle-coning' atraveling lbottle-carrier, Huid-discharge stems partaking of the vmovement of said carrier and also movable towardand fronr'the" bottles in said carrier, said stems having "means subject to the pressure of the rinsing liquid, whereby they are moved relatively to ,said bottles, means byvwhichthe supply of l"said rinsing liquid is controlled bythe moveveying means; a rinsing mechanism, comprisment of said carrier, and means for operating said stems in a direction opposite lthat in which they are adjusted -by said liquid; and

means for delivering the bottles to the rinsf ing means from'the soaking means.

6.` A bottle-cleaning apparatus, comprising the following instrumentalities: a bottlesoaking mechanism provided with bottle conveying and discharging means a rotative rinsing mechanism comprising a bottle-carrier rovided With fluid discharge stems which) are moved toward and from the bottles in said carrier automatically under the control of the rassure of the rinsing fluid, said carrier also having means by which said pressure is controlled by the rotation of the carrier and bottle-reversing means arranged intermediate of said conveyer and carrier for, delivering to the latter the bottles discharged from the former.

l7. A bottle-cleaning apparatus, comprising the following instrumentalities: a bottlesoaking mechanism provided with bottle conveying and discharging means; a rotative rinsing mechanism com rising a 'bottle-carrier provided with fluidischarge stems havmg means subj ect to the pressure of the rinsing liquid whereby they are moved relatively to the bottles, means by which the supply of said rinsing liquid'is controlled by the rotation of said carrier and means for moving said stems `in a -direction opposite that in lwhich. they are moved by sald liquid-pressure; and bottle-reversing means arranged intermediate of said carrieix and conveyer for deliverin to said carrier the bottles discharged om said conveyer.

8. A bottlei-soaking and rinsing machine comprising a tank for a soaking solution, means for carrying the bottles therethrough and for discharging the bottles when the same have been soaked, a traveling rinsing means comprising bottle-carriers and means for automatically controlling the sup ly of rinsing fluid, and means for automatica lydelivering Vthe soaked bottles from the first-mentioned for receiving the bottles from the first-mentioned receptacles, a stationary liquid-supply pipe having a horizontal slot for the escape of its liquid, a series of tubes movable with tubes said rece tacles and into which the liquid from sai supply-pipe enters as they successively ass over said slot; pistons in said aving o enings and provided with hollow fluid-disdliarge stems, and retracting means for said pistons and stems.

10. -A bottle-cleaning machine com rising a series of bottle-receptacles adapte automatically to discharge the bottles at a'prede` termined place, a bottle-soakingmeans having devices forv conveying the soaked bottles to said receptacles, and a bottle --rinsing means comprising a revoluble series of receptacles for receiving the bottles from thefirstmentioned receptacles, a stationary liquidsupply pipe having a horizontalslot for the escape of the liquid, a series of tubes carrying said receptacles and provided with ventopenings, and having open inner ends bearing upon said supply-pipe, a plug at the oposite end of eac tube, pistons in said tubes aving o fluid-discharge stems which extend through said plugs, and retracting-s'prings for said pistons and stems.

1 1. A machine-of the,y cla'ss described, comrising a bottle-carrier-awheel having means for receiving the bottles and means through which li uid under pressure is ejected against the bottles, and a bottle transferring and reversing wheel arranged intermediate of said carrier and wheel and adapted to transfer the bottles from the carrier to said wheel.

12. A machine of the class described, comrising a bottle-carrying mechanism, a wheel iaving means for engaging the bottles and means through which l1qu1d under pressure is ejected against the bottles, said carrying.

mechanism being adapted to discharge the bottles at a place which is higher than said wheel, a bottle transferring and reversing mechanism arranged between saiddischargeplace and wheel and adapted to receive the ottles from said carrying mechanism and to discharge them at a place which is higher than said wheel, and guards controlling the dischargeV of said bottles from said carrying and transferring and reversing mechanisms'. 13. A machine of the class described, comprising a flexible bottle-carrier having pockets which open downward at one place 1n the travel thereof and are adapted to discharge the bottles at said lace, a bottle reversing and transferring wheel which receives the bottles at said place, a wheel having means to Vengage the bottles and means through which fluid under pressure is ejected against the bottles, and ,a guard arranged between said wheels and controlling the passage of the bottles from the former and guiding them to the latter.

14. A machine of the class described comprising a bottle-soaking means having. a conveyer which travels a path whereby the bot-h tles are inverted andV emptied and means whereby the bottles are retained in said conveyeruntil afterthe have been emptied, a rinsin' -wheel having ottle-engaging devices,

and a ottle transferring and reversing wheel arrangedfbetweensaid conveyer and rmsing- Wheel and adapted to receive the soaked bottles from the former, reverse them and deliver them to the rinsing-wheel.

15. Abottle soaking and rmsingappara tus, comprising, in combination, bottle-soak ing means, a bottle-musing means which comenings arid provided with hollow IOO IIO

' siamo the soaked bottles are conducted automaticmeans.

17. A bottle soaking and rinsing apparatus comprising, in combination, means for soah'ng the bottles; a bottle-rinsing means which com rises a series of travelin receptacles for the soaked bottles, fluid-discharge stems having heads subject to the pressure of the rinsin fluid whereby they are advanced into t e bottles, means for supplying said heads and the interiors of the stems with rinsing fluid under pressure at a predetermined place in the travl of the parts, and means for retracti'ng said stems and head when the supply of rinsing fluid is cut'l o; and means by which the soaked bottles' are conducted automatically from the soaking means to the rinsing means. 1 I

18. A traveling bottle carrying and rinsing means having huid-discharge devices which are advanced toward the bottles by' the ressure of the rinsin fluid, means by whic the supply of said uid'is automatically vcontrol ed by the movement of the bottle-carrying means, and means for retracting said discharge devices automatically when the sup,- ply of rinsing fluid is cut oil".

19. A bottle-rinsing meanscomprising' devices for holding the-bottles, reciprocatory fluid-discharge stems and means whereby the reciprocations of. said stems toward and from the bottles are controlled by the pressure of the rinsing luid.-

20. Abottle-rins' means comprisingtraveling devices for holding the bottles, fluld-discharge stems, and means controlled by the pressure of the rinsing iluid for advancing and retracting said stems4 toward and from the bottles at redetermined places in the travel of the bott e-holding devices.

21. A bottle-rinsing means, comprisinga rotatable. bottle-carrie'r=.a rinsmg-stem partaking of the rotatin movement of said carrier and means for a vancing andretracting said rinsing-stem toward and from lthe' bottle at predetermined places in the travel of said carrler.

22; A bottle-rinsing means, having a rotative wheel provided with reciprocatory fluid- 6 5 discharge stems and' devices by which the reoccur automatically, and means by whichv lmeans for receivin' the bottles, vlui ciprocations of said stems are controlled by the-pressure of the rinsin iluid, said'r111s1.ng A means also havingl means y which said pressure is controlled automatically by themovement of said wh'el. l

y23. A bottle-rinsing wheel 4comprising means for receiving the bottles and means -for introducing into the interior of thebottles 'ets of water, comprising a hollow hub sup ied with water under pressure, fluiddisc arge meansradiating therefrom and communicating therewith, said fluid-discharge means havingreciprocatory dischargestems and devicesb which said stemsare pro; jected into and with drawn from th bottles. 8ol `24. A bottle-rinsing wheel comprising means for receiving the bottles, and means forintroducinginto the interior ofthe bottles jets of water, comprising a hollowr h uh sup lied `with water under pressure, vfluiddisc arge stems radiating therefrom and communicating therewith, pistons vada ted to be forced forward by the pressure o the water for projecting the stems into the botl tles and means for pushing the stems and pis- 9o tons into'v lace after use. 25. A ottle-rinsin wheelhavin means for receiving the nec s of the bottes and also. having reciprocatory uid- 'discharge' stems and devices whereb lthe reciprocations of said stems are controy led bythe move-A mentofthewheel. f 26. `A bottle-rinsing wheel jcomprlsing 'means for receivin the bottles, fluid\dis charge stems mova le with'said wheeland provided with heads, means controlled bythe movement of the wheel for supplyin rinsing yfluid under pressure to said heads an lthe iny teriors of said stems, to thereby advance the same and introduce jets of water into the bot- 1.05 tles, and Ameanslbywhich the headsand stems are retracted.

' "27. A bottle-rinsing wheel comgrismg char e` stems mova le 'with saidwheel'and no providedwith heads, means controlled by the movement ofthe wheel for supplying rinsing Y .Huid under pressure to said heads and the interiors of sald stems, to thereby advance'the sameand introduce jets of water into the bot- I r 5 tles land springsl -for retracting said pistons andstems when the supply of said water OBaSBSw 28. A bottle -rinsing Wheel comprising means for receiving thebottles, hollow car- :zo

riers forsaid means, hollow Huid-discharge 'stems mounted to reciprocatein said carriers and rovidedwith heads having an opening to adapt the interiorsv of the stems to receive f rinsing uid, a pipe around which saidwheel I 2 5 rotates,'s aid"p1pe having a discharge-a erture with wlnch the interiors. of the ho ow carriers successively register, and means for supplying said, pipe with rinsing iuid under pressure. 'l f )L 'Y dis- 29. A bottle-rinsing wheel comprising Iopen l pockets for receiving the bottles neck downward, hollow carriers for said ocke'ts, hollow fluid-discharge stems mounted to reciprocate in said carriers and rovided with heads having openings to aapt the interiors of the stems to receive rinslng Huid, asupply-pipe .around which said wheel rotates, s'a1d -p1 e having a discharge-aperture with which t e interiors of the hollow carriers successively register, and means for supplying saidpipe with rinsing fluid under pressure.

` 30. A bottle-rinsing wheel comprising means for receiving the bottles, hollow 'car-7 riers for said means, spring.- ressed hollow Huid-discharge stems mounte to reciprocate in saidicarriers and rovided with heads having 'openings to a apt. the interiors of the stems to receive rinslng fluid, a supply-pipe around which said wheel rotates, said pi Ie having a discharge-aperture withwhich t e interiors of the hollow carriers successively register, .and means for supplying said pipe with rinsingfluid under pressure.

31. bottle-rinsing means Vcomprising a fluid-discharge ipe having-an exit-aperture, a -hub mount'e to rotate on said p1pe,.and hollow stems radiating from saii hub vand having bottle-engaging cups at theirouter ends, said stems having inlet -apertures atl their inner ends and being successively brought into and Tout of registration withsaid exit-a erture of the supply-pipe bythe rotation ogsaid hub `on the latter.

82. A bottle-cleaning apparatus comprising a washing-tank, 'a rinsing means having a f ing-iiuid against the washed bottles, means 4 ing-tank, said means being adapted 4to disfluid-'discharge pi e provided with an `exitaperture and a hug mounted to rotate on said pipe and provided with hollow stems having cups at 'their outer ends and'inlet-apertures at their inner ends, which inlet-apertures are successively carried into and out of 'registration with said eXit-aperture-oi the disc arge-1 pipe by the rotation o'sa'id-hub'on the latter, means for 'carrying lthe bottles through said tank and conductmg the same to said cups and means .for moving 'the parts'in unison with eachl other. f

33. A bottle-'cleaning apparatus, comprising a washing-tank, means ior'e' ectingr'msingIl iiuid against the washed bottles, means -for conveying -the bottles 'through said washingtank, salmi-means being adaptedto`discharge the Vbottles at a predetermined place, and" bottle transferring and reversing means travcling with said `conveyer 'and 'receiving 'the bott es discharged by the latterandrconducting the same vto the rinsing means Land discharging them in reverse position.

34. A 'bottle-cleaning apparatus,'comp1is ing a washing-tank, 'means-for ejecting rinsfor conveyingthe bottles throughV said washcharge the bottles at a' redetermined place, 65

a rotatable bottle trans erring andreversing wheel mounted between-said dischargp-place and rinsing means and rovided Wit pockets to receive the bott es discharged from said conveyer, and means for rotatin said wheel in unison with the travel of sai \con veyer.

35. lA bottle-cleaning ap aratus, comprising a washing-tank, means or conveying the bottles through said washing-tank, a rinsin means having a iiuid-dischar e p `pe provide with an exit-aperture, and a u mounted to rotate on said pipe and provided'with hollow stems having cups at their 'outer endsv and inlet-apertures at their inner ends, which inlet-apertures are successively carried into and out of registration with said exit-aperture of the discharge-pi eby the rotationof said hub around the atter, means for conveying the bottles through said tank, adapted to ldischarge the same at a predetermined place,

and bottle transferring and reversing means traveling with said conveyer and rinsing means for receiving the bottles discharge by the conveyer and vdelivering the same to dhe rinsing means. j

36. A bottle-cleaning apparatus having-'a tank and means for vsl'ibjecting the bottY es successively to a plurality of cleaning operations, the first of saidA means comprising an endless flexible conveyer which travels within said tank and also outside of the same and through a path which Vcauses the bottles to be emptied before they reach the secondcleaning means,A and a rotatable bottle-transferring device which is arranged entirely outside oi said tank and between said conve er and second cleaning means'and is adapter? to receiye the bottles h'om the former, invert -them'and deliver them to said second cleanmg means.

37 NA bottle-cleaning-apparatus having a tank and means 'therein for subjecting the bottles successively to fa plurality of cleaning operations, the first of said means comprisroo IIO

ing'anzendlessiiexible conveyer which travels within saidtank and also outside ofthe same and :through a f ath which causes the bottles to be emptied'v eforethey reach the second cleaning means, and the second of said means compr-ism' a rotatable rinsin -wheel, and-a rotatablev ottle-transferring evice which is arranged `entirely'outside of said tank l.and

' between said conveyer` and rinsing-wheel and is 4adapted to `receive the 'bottles rfrom the conveyer, invert them Aand deliver them to said rinsing-wheel.

' In 'testimony whereof vI have hereunto lset my hand vin'presenee of two witnesses.

' CHARLES H. LOEW.

Witnesses: Y Y

" 1E. L. Harmon, l

HENRY G. Mimes., 

